GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

IT IS WRONG TO IMPUT DISLOYALTY ON MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.


ICHEOKU says with the experience of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India in 1984 when her Sikh bodyguards assassinated her, infusing strange ideas in the heads of security agents especially members of the military is always ill advised. Democrats erred in suggesting that some members of the National Guard could go rogue and do harm to Joe Biden. By so saying, even those who never thought about such possibility nor entertained such an idea are possibly now churning that in their mind, afterall we all humans and we do incredible things once the idea has been implanted. Also, even where these honorable volunteers in uniform don't want to do so and never thought about such, they are now  struggling and wondering why such distrust could be levied against them. 
Everything must not be about politics or scoring a cheap political point, no matter how repugnant; politicians should always weigh their utterances before spitting them out. These politicians who conceive such dastard possibility stand condemned and should be condemned for creating doubt about the loyalty of American soldiers. These are people trained and equipped to carry out assigned duties in defense and protection of the country and its citizens. They voluntarily take up the assignment, prepared to pay the ultimate price if need be; yet some unappreciative politicians are now subjecting them to such heinous character assassination. It is not good and it is condemnable and should be condemned by all regardless of their partisan politics. 
ICHEOKU says by citing the two examples above acknowledges that such a thing do happen; but what is wrong here is the planting of the idea in American soldiers, especially with the current tension in the nation. Such is very dangerous and could lead to some unintended detrimental consequences and should not have ever been uttered in the first place. It is wrong to insinuate or suggest that America soldiers could go rogue and do harm to Joe Biden and the putting the idea in them is worse than anything ever said during this trying moment in American history. What if a Timothy McVeigh in camouflaged is lurking around wondering what else to do and suddenly is handed this idea? What if he would have just nursed his hurt feeling from the election but now decides to exploit such idea having concluded that he or she has nothing to lose. 
Democrats are definitely pushing the envelope and to such an extent that will not do anyone any good if it explodes. The earlier they discipline their utterances and actions or intentions, in the interest of the national unity, the better it would be for everyone. Afghanistan and Somalia used to be functioning societies until internal distrusts led to the disequilibrium that laid them waste. American politicians should not take for granted the long existing stability in America, thinking that nothing can happen to it because things do happen. For a country that has been in a costly civil war, provoking such thoughts that could be exploited leading to cascading consequences should be drastically discouraged. It is not ideal nor should it be encouraged. Enough of the acerbic rhetorics.

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